The arrest happened on February 1st when Moreno was pulled over for going 25 over in a construction zone.  The Broncos are looking into the incident.

If you are going to try drive drunk (and for the love of God, don’t do it.  It’s dumb, dangerous and expensive.) I would avoid a license plate saying SAUCED.  Kind of a give away.

Thanks to TMZ for the story.

Home games include games vs.

(7-9) Chiefs, (8-8) Raiders, (8-8) Chargers, (4-12) Browns, (12-4) Steelers, (10-6) Texans, (13-3) Saints, (4-12) Bucs

Yes, the divisional games are not world beaters, but as anyone knows divisional games are always tough, even at home. The Kansas City Chiefs will be healthier going into the season with QB Matt Cassell, RB Jamal Charles, and TE Tony Moeaki expected to make full recoveries. They also will have a QB competition if they elect to keep Kyle Orton for another year. The Oakland Raiders will be better in the second year with QB Carson Palmer and hopefully a healthy Darren Mcfadden. You can only expect better things from the San Diego Chargers. The Cleveland Browns will still be the Browns for at least another year, but the Steelers will be tough as always. New Orleans Saints will be the Saints until Drew Brees is gone. You have to expect better things from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and if it hadn’t been for a couple of injuries the Houston Texans may have been playing the New York Giants in this year’s Super Bowl!

Away games include games vs.

(7-9) Chiefs, (8-8) Raiders, (8-8) Chargers, (12-4) Ravens, (9-7) Bengals, (13-3) Patriots, (10-6) Falcons, (6-10) Panthers

Away games are always tough, but when you have the Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots, Atlanta Falcons, and you add teams like the Cincinnati Bengals and Carolina Panthers, who had pretty good seasons with stud rookie QBs, you can only expect those teams to improve also.

WOW! The road games are not going to be fun. If the Broncos want to make the playoffs again they are going to have to do the unexpected on the road. Again, you have to add those three divisional teams and that makes for the roughest schedule of any NFL team in 2012.

When you stack it all up the Broncos are going to face their AFC West division in six games, three at home and three on the road. Then they will face seven playoff teams, four division winners and three wild cards, four of which are away and three at home. The only games that are not against division rivals or teams who made the playoffs are against the Panthers (who should greatly improve) at home who were 6-10 with stud rookie QB Cam Newton. Then they have the Bucs and Browns on the road who were both 4-12, but can play with anyone with just a couple improvements.

My prediction is another 8-8 season and that is with some improvements from Tim Tebow. Anything more than 8-8 is a plus and deserves praise with a schedule like this.

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With the Jaguars’ continuing struggles this season, Del Rio was let go and entered the open coaching market. He’s a good enough coach– with enough knowledge and connections– that you had to figure he wouldn’t stay on the open market for long.

The Denver Broncos have given Del Rio his next coaching opportunity, hiring him as the team’s new defensive coordinator to replace former DC Dennis Allen who was just named the new head coach of the Oakland Raiders.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter tweeted earlier that Del Rio had been hired to corroborate the SB Nation report:

Del Rio could help a solid Broncos defense get over the top in 2012 and become one of the NFL’s elite defensive units. Led by veteran Champ Bailey and newcomer Von Miller, the Broncos showed a ton of promise on the defensive side of the ball, promise which could quickly turn into a high level of production given the right coaching staff.

Previously, as a defensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers under current Broncos head coach John Fox, Del Rio had the opportunity to work with several first-class defensive players including Kevin Greene and Julius Peppers– helping the Panthers develop one of the more dominating defensive units in the NFL during the early 2000s.

As Fox and Del Rio re-establish their relationship in Denver, look for the Broncos to be one of the more exciting defensive units during the 2012-2013 season.

That statement could easily be true as long as Tebow is taking reps with the first team in training camp, preseason, and maybe week 1, but he could easily have tough QB competition and lose that spot early on. This is how comments can look good for the media and guys like Elway still get what they want in the end. I’m not saying Elway is going to try this or do this, but you can bet there will be competition and Tebow will have to improve to keep his spot.

I came across this article in my Jan 30th Sports Illustrated. Chris Collinsworth stated this in the article:

“Our job in the media is to say here’s what they said, and here’s what they meant,” Collinsworth said. “Elway thinks Tebow should be given the chance to be the quarterback, but the Broncos are going to keep looking. Their shopping cart is not full at the quarterback position.”

My opinion is that the Denver Broncos will indeed pick up a free agent QB and draft one in the later rounds to develop also. Brady Quinn is a free agent.

I think the Broncos will take a look at free agent QB’s Matt Flynn and Chad Henne. Flynn tossed 6 touchdown passes in the season finale for the Green Bay Packers while Aaron Rodgers sat out to get ready for the playoffs. Flynn has been groomed behind Rodgers for the last few years much like Rodgers was groomed behind Brett Favre. Flynn’s price tag, however, will be steep. Chad Henne has not lived up to expectations in Miami although he started the year off great before getting injured to end his season. Henne will come much cheaper if the Broncos decide to go that route. Another option will be Kevin Kolb; there has been word Arizona may decide to cut Kolb. There are also rumors the Cardinals will trade for Peyton Manning.

As far as the draft goes, I do not see the Broncos choosing a QB in the first round. They have the 25th pick and Luck and Griffin will be gone by then. Plus, they have a first-round QB that was drafted two years ago in Tebow. They really need to bulk up the defensive front and solidify the secondary. I do think they will draft a QB in the later rounds and here are a few I think they will consider:

If Ryan Tannehill from Texas A&M or Nick Foles from Arizona fall to the late 2nd round they will be tough to pass up. If the Broncos miss out here or draft other needs I think they should take Brandon Weeden from Oklahoma State by the 4th round. Weeden posted numbers very similar to Andrew Luck and it is likely that he was left off the Heisman ballot because of his age. He is 28 and that is also why he may fall to the 4th round. If the Broncos miss Tannehill and Foles, I hope they gamble on Weeden.

These decisions should only help make for a great QB competition and put a little pressure on Tebow to improve. If he improves then he should be the quarterback. If he doesn’t, maybe Denver should consider other starting options.

Only time will tell.

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“You can throw an 80-yard touchdown pass,” Paisley said to Tebow. “But can you sing?”

Paisley gave Tebow the opportunity to show off his vocals last Saturday night at the Pepsi Center in Denver when he invited him onto the stage. This duo took turns singing lines of Paisley’s top song “I’m Still A Guy”. Tebow received lots of applause even though his lines were barley noticed on the recordings.

I can only imagine the excitement at the Pepsi Center when Tebow entered the stage or even the building for that matter. If there was one place I would have wanted to have been that night that would have been it. Who knows; maybe other singers will actually ask him to go on tour with them…one thing is for sure “it would be a sell out”!

Here is Paisley’s and Tebow’s convo on Twitter:

“Thanks for singing with me @TimTebow,” Paisley wrote on Twitter after the show. “But don’t quit your day job pal. Still a Guy has never been so exciting. Or quite so beautifully off key.”

The network chairman, Sean McManus, notified USA Today of Tebow’s rejection.

Personally, I would have loved to hear and see Tim Tebow speak during the two conference championship games. I think his insight would be fascinating, and I’m sure a lot of others would agree. But then there are those who are so sick of the Tim Tebow stories that they would have boycotted the games because he was an analyst.

Last week, CBS invited Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh to work as a guest analyst during the divisional playoff games.

All I want for my birthday is for Tim Tebow to dance on Dancing with the Stars,” she said Saturday, not long after Tebow and his Broncos team were ousted from the NFL playoffs by Tom Brady and his Patriots. “Tim is a very talented athlete, that was clear when we saw his performance this past season with Denver.”

In the next season of the Dancing with the Stars, she’s hoping to have a football-playing partner.

“He can run, jump, pass, throw touchdowns,” she told People. “All [that] is missing is to see if he has the dance skills. That would make him an all around athlete and someone that I would love to dance with on the show.”

Smirnoff seems pretty adamant about it.  Come on, Tebow has to dance better than he plays quarterback.  Either way, it’s going to be a rating hit.  You have to capitalize on Tebowmania before it finally expires.

Thanks to Off the Bench for the story.

Broncos spokesman Patrick Smyth didn’t detail the exact nature of Tebow’s injuries, but did confirm an earlier report from ESPN that Tebow was in considerable pain when he finished Saturday night’s game.

Tebow reportedly tore some rib cartilage and bruised his lung but continued to play. this resulted in a a build-up of fluid on his chest (during the game and afterwards).

After Tebow had struggled to sleep on Saturday and Sunday night, he reportedly underwent an MRI on Monday.

The injury occurred on a play when Tebow was sacked, backup Brady Quinn started to warm up, but Tebow never left the game.

Tebow has took a lot of hits this season ranking 40th in carries and sacked over 30 times. The reports say if Tebow and the Broncos had advanced to AFC Championship round that he would have been doubtful to play.

The injury is a serious injury, but it doesn’t appear that it is going to interfer with Tebow’s offseason program. He is really excited and eager to get started with the help of John Elway this offseason.

Tebow may not be the ideal pure passing QB, but in a league of high level competition, he is a competitor, and someone who at whatever position he plays I want him on my team!

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The hit tore cartilage in one of Tebow’s ribs. He also bruised his long and had fluid buildup in his pleural cavity.

Tebow finished the game but played poorly, completing just 9 of 26 passes for 136 yards.

The pain was discovered after Tebow experienced difficulty sleeping this weekend. An MRI was conducted on Monday to determine the extent of his injuries. He is currently undergoing rehab treatment and is expected to make a full recovery in time for his offseason training schedule.

On Monday, Broncos chief of football operations John Elway named Tebow the starting quarterback for Denver heading into the 2012 season.

If you consider that Tebow had only one off season and it was an off season in which the NFL was locked out and shortened. With a full offseason to work with the quarterbacks coach and John Elway, Tebow will have every opportunity to improve his passing skills and be a all around better QB in 2012. Elway has stated that he wants to work with Tebow heavily in the offseason and that he has earned a shot at becoming the franchise QB.

I am very interested to see how Tebow progresses and if Denver sticks with him. It was an exciting 2011 and it’s only going to get better in 2012. Plan to see lots of controversy, opinions, Tebow magic, and struggles, but most of all expect improvement and another great year from the Denver Broncos.